CHIPPS Feasibility Study

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Specialty: Primary Care, Primary sub-specialty: Health services and delivery research; UKCRC code/ Disease: Other/ General symptoms and signs; Not Applicable; Medicines management of elderly care home residents

• Registration Number: ISRCTN10663852
• Lead Sponsor: HS South Norfolk CCG

Brief Summary

2019 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31338204/ (added 29/11/2022)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-11-24
• Study Completion: 2017-05-31
• Last Update Posted: 9 January 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Independent Prescribing Pharmacist (PIP) inclusion criteria:
1. Registered with The General Pharmaceutical Council as a pharmacist independent prescriber
2. Following training can demonstrate competence to deliver the CHIPPS service Specification
3. Ability to work flexibly and commit a minimum of 16 hours a month to deliver the service for three months

GP inclusion criteria:
GP must manage a minimum of 15 patients across 1-2 care homes

Care Home inclusion criteria:
1. Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered specialism as caring for adults over 65
2. Primarily caring for residents over 65 years#

Resident Inclusion criteria
1. Residents currently prescribed at least one regular medication
2. Residents or their appropriate representative who are/is able to provide informed consent/assent
3. Permanent resident in care home (not registered for respite care/temporary resident)
4. Residents should be 65 years or over
5. Under the care of the participating GP practice

Exclusion Criteria

Independent Prescribing Pharmacist (PIP) exclusion criteria:
Substantive employment with the community pharmacy (branch/store) which supplies medicines to the care home with which the PIP would work.

GP exclusion criteria:
GPs managing patients across several (>2) care homes if they manage less than 15 patients in total across their two largest homes.

Care Home exclusion criteria:
1. Care homes which receive regular (i.e. a visit frequency = monthly) additional medication focussed services
2. Care homes which do not have carers on site 24 hours a day
3. Care homes which are currently under formal investigation with the Care Quality Commission (CQC)

Resident exclusion criteria:
1. Residents who are currently receiving end of life care (equivalent to yellow (stage C) of the Gold Standards Framework prognostic indicator)
2. Resident with additional limitations on their residence (e.g. held securely)
3. Participating in another research study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified